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on February 6, 2016 in World News

Cologne Carnival: 22 reports of sex assaults despite heavy police presence

Despite police numbers doubling since last year’s event, 22 sexual assaults were reported along 143 reports of bodily harm and 30 thefts Harriet Sinclair Cologne police reported 22 sexual assaults on the opening night of the city’s annual carnival, an increase in attacks on last year’s event. Of the offences reported at the Women’s Carnival Day, two were described as serious, with a woman believed to have been raped on her way home from the event, Deutsche Welle reported. The other serious incident saw a female news reporter at the carnival being groped live on air. As well as the string… View Article

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on February 6, 2016 in World News

Bombshell: Obama cutting border surveillance in half

Border Patrol agents detain an illegal border crosser after chasing him down near the U.S.-Mexico border at Mission, Texas The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is planning to cut 50 percent of the budget for aerial surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border, agents revealed at a congressional hearing Thursday. In an effort to understand why DHS is…

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on February 6, 2016 in Gun Page World News

Obama and Other Gun Control Proponents Own Stock in Gun Companies

by AWR Hawkins A February 5th Reuters report shows that staunch gun control proponents President Obama and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) both own stock in gun companies. Obama owns his stock through an Illinois pension plan which, in turn, “has about $5 million invested directly in several gun and ammo makers.” Durbin owns his stock through the S Fund, a “federal retirement benefit” that owns stock in gun manufacturers. So both men own their stock indirectly, but they own it nonetheless. According to Reuters, Obama “has up to $100,000” invested into the Illinois pension plan “from his days in the… View Article

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